21 Bestselling Children’s Books

Period: November/December - 2017

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Celebrating Black stories and authors since 1998, the AALBC Bestsellers List is now published quarterly. Here’s a printable list and collage of this period’s titles. Also check out the BLK Bestsellers—the definitive monthly guide to America’s bestselling books by Black writers.

Fiction: Sycorax’s Daughters, edited by Kinitra D. Brooks, Linda Addison, and Susana Morris was the bestselling book of all this period. Sales were helped by being Go On Girl Book Club’s selection for December 2017. Fiction titles were the top selling genre this period.

Nonfiction: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah made our list for the 2nd time this year and will be a top selling nonfiction title for 2017. Fewer Nonfiction titles made the list this period than ever before, but they were all strong sellers.

Children’s Books: Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton written and illustrated by Don Tate leads the sales of all children’s books this period. It was also a winner of the Carter G. Woodson Book Award for the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers.

Poetry: Sells each 2 month period for which we report, however sales were insufficient to compile a bestsellers for the genre. The last poetry list was last reported Jan/Feb 2017

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Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

Poet

by Don Tate
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3
Gone Crazy in Alabama

Gone Crazy in Alabama

by Rita Williams-Garcia
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4
Chocolate Me!

Chocolate Me!

by Taye Diggs
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4
A-C-T Like A Kid And T-H-I-N-K Like A Parent

A-C-T Like A Kid And T-H-I-N-K Like A Parent

by Katherine Shears and C. S. Whitehurst
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Please, Baby, Please

Please, Baby, Please

by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
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8
I Love My Hair!

I Love My Hair!

by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
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9
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

Little Leaders

by Vashti Harrison
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10
One Crazy Summer

One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-Garcia
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12
I Am Mixed

I Am Mixed

by Garcelle Beauvais
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14
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions

Ashanti to Zulu

by Margaret Musgrove
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16
Peeny Butter Fudge

Peeny Butter Fudge

by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison
18
Marvelous Me: Inside and Out

Marvelous Me

by Lisa Bullard
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19
Girl of Mine

Girl of Mine

by Jabari Asim
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Black Mother Goose Book

Black Mother Goose Book

by Elizabeth Murphy Oliver
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